News overview

According to professor Frank van Oort, prosperity is more than rich people with a good job and a big house. He explained this during the Rotterdamlezing 2025.

How can people grow old healthily and safely in their own neighbourhood? Prof.dr. Jane Murray Cramm (ESHPM) does research into this.

Did you know that music not only can affect your mood, but also affect the pain, anxiety and stress that patients experience?

During the Rotterdamlezing 2025, Professor Frank van Oort (ESE) will advocate a sustainable, peaceful and just world in which no one is left behind.

The festival season is about to burst out, also in Rotterdam. Researcher Martijn Mulder explains what the burdens and benefits of festivals are for a city.

What determines whether rejected asylum seekers leave the Netherlands - or stay? Researchers Arjen Leerkes and Laura Cleton give the answer.

Most people are unprepared when it comes to flood risks. A team of TU Delft and EUR researchers aims to change and developed a water label for Rotterdam homes.

Prof.dr. Marco Varkevisser is conducting research on how we can organise healthcare in the Netherlands more intelligently to reduce the "care gap".

Students of the MA programme Behavioural Economics come up with practical recommendations for problems in Rotterdam to make the city more fun and liveable.

In the context of International Women's Day 2025, prof.dr. Tamar Fischer (Erasmus School of Law) talks about recent developments in violence against women.